Vincent Ekow Assafuah

Vincent Ekow Assafuah is a Ghanaian lawyer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) politician who has been Member of Parliament for Old Tafo in Kumasi since January 2021. He is the Minority's Ranking Member on Parliament's Youth and Sports Committee and, in 2026, became the leading voice pressing the government over the World Cup visa scandal.

Early life and education

He was born on 27 September 1990 in Kumasi to Polykarp and Paulina Assafuah. He attended Martyrs of Uganda Junior High School and St. Hubert's Seminary in Kumasi, then studied political science at KNUST. He holds an MA in Economic Policy and an MSc in Development Finance from the University of Ghana, an LLB from Central University with the professional law certificate from the Ghana School of Law, and an MA in Public Relations from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

Before Parliament

He was national president of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA). From 2015 to 2017 he was special assistant to Samira Bawumia, then served as acting Deputy Communications Director of the NPP and, from 2018, head of public relations at the Ministry of Education. He has also lectured part-time at Dominion University College.

Member of Parliament

He won the Old Tafo NPP primary in June 2020 with 299 votes and took the seat in December 2020 with 42,616 votes (74.55 per cent). In 2024 he was appointed a Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, and he was re-elected that December. He has served on the Education Committee and the House Committee.

World Cup visa scandal

As Ranking Member on Youth and Sports, Assafuah alleged in 2026 that people seeking help to travel to the FIFA World Cup in North America had paid between US$7,000 and US$14,000 each through an arrangement involving the National Sports Authority, the Ghana Tourism Authority, the Sports Ministry and a private company. He petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate, and the Minority called for Sports Minister Kofi Iddie Adams to be summoned. Government figures, including Social Investment Fund chief Abass Nurudeen, accused the Minority of failing to substantiate its claims.